It’s called ‘evidence,’ and while the police normally don’t go after clients, this is a risk that clients should know exists. Read the whole story at LoHud.com…

Chappaqua resident, 46, charged with prostitution, kept client book
by Marcela Rojas

A longtime Chappaqua resident, who was arrested by an undercover detective for allegedly offering “sensual massage” to “generous gentleman” on Craigslist, stated she charged $200 an hour for sex and kept a book of her male clients, according to the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office.

The D.A.s Office submitted paperwork to New Castle Town Court saying that the woman made a statement on Feb. 19 to a criminal investigator, admitting she began posting ads on Craigslist that “were sexual in nature” after advertising on the site for about a year. The 46-year-old woman posted a photo of herself and requested photos of the men she meets whom she charged $200 an hour for various sex acts as well as “top rate” massages, according to the statement.

The woman, a registered nurse, stated she worked for herself and kept a book of her clients’ first names and telephone numbers near her computer and that she “met men at her house and at hotels occasionally.”

It’s dangerous out there, guys. Read more at The Scotsman…

Man’s killers ‘used prostitution lure’
By Victoria Allen

A BUSINESSMAN was murdered after he visited a known red-light district and left there with a female companion, a court heard yesterday.

Alan Bennett, 56, was on a night out with work colleagues before he headed to the streets of Aberdeen’s harbour, an area that is frequented by prostitutes.

Almost three hours later, a reveller in a different part of the city centre found Mr Bennett’s body. He had been stabbed to death.

Paul Balgowan and Julie Carroll, both 25, are accused of luring him to his death by promising him sex.

On the first day of their trial at the High Court in Aberdeen the jury was shown CCTV footage of Mr Bennett at Regent Quay on the night he died.

Detective Constable Andrew Barclay of Grampian Police told the court: “Regent Quay is known as a red-light district. Further along is a former Grampian Police tolerance zone for prostitution, and prostitutes meet in that area.”

The footage showed Mr Bennett heading to the harbour at at about 1:35am on 30 May last year and leaving with a woman thought to be Carroll.

Following just 30 seconds behind them were two figures, one of which was said to be Carroll’s partner, Balgowan. It is not clear if Mr Bennett knew he was being followed, but DC Barclay said Carroll kept looking back over her shoulder.

The pair are accused of persuading the victim to go with Carroll, then pulling a knife on him.

It is claimed he was forced to hand over his wallet and then repeatedly punched and stabbed in the head and body.

Both deny the charges.

The dangers of Incall service. Read more at Fox News in Chicago…

Police: Prostitute Was Taping Clients in Her Apartment

An undercover prostitution sting on the Northwest Side this week led to the discovery of an elaborate video recording system used to videotape transactions and sex acts between the suspect and her clients, according to police.

A 53-year-old woman was arrested Monday in her apartment in an unincorporated area near O’Hare Airport after Cook County Sheriff’s police investigated an ad on an Internet site, according to a release from the sheriff’s office.

She was charged with prostitution, according to a sheriff’s office spokesman.

The ad promised a “superb authentic oriental rub” by a 28-year-old “beautiful, highly trained and skilled young lady” who “is there to please.” For $180, customers were promised an “all inclusive” “tissue rub” and “a totally relaxing experience” in a “beautiful home, in a relaxing oriental setting,” the release said.

An undercover sheriff’s officer responded to the ad Monday afternoon and once inside, the woman allegedly offered sex for cash, the release said. She briefly left the bedroom for another room, where she had set up a video monitor connected to a camera hidden in the hallway outside her apartment door.

On the monitor, she saw officers outside her door and though she was naked, she nervously returned to the bedroom and tried engaging in conversation with the undercover officer, who placed her under arrest.

Investigation revealed a hidden camera in the public hallway and more cameras in the bedroom, including a pin-sized camera set an Oriental wall fan. Jamming equipment had also been set up to block cell phone or text message transmissions from the apartment, the release said.

All cameras all fed into a kitchen monitor for viewing, and were recording on a system set up in another bedroom. Years’ worth of tapes were found, all showing male customers exchanging cash for sex, the release said. About 30 hours worth of tapes have so far been confiscated, and more tapes had been erased.

Officers are reviewing the tapes for evidence and examining a computer found in the woman’s home. It is illegal in Illinois to videotape a person without their consent or to transmit live video of a person without their consent, the release said.

Police are also trying to determine whether any of the tapes were used to further other criminal activity against the customers.

This poor client made so many mistakes. It’s dangerous out there, guys. Read more at The Las Vegas Review-Journal…

Woman guilty of murder, robbery
Prostitute agrees to testify against pimp

A 20-year-old prostitute pleaded guilty Thursday to murder and robbery in connection with the slaying of one of her frequent customers two years ago, according to District Court records.

As part of the agreement, the woman will cooperate with investigators and testify against her boyfriend and pimp and his friend in connection with the March 2008 shooting death of the woman’s 62-year-old client.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against the pimp in connection with the shooting, court records said.

The client’s body was found bound and gagged in his Cadillac Escalade on March 19 in the Southern Highlands neighborhood. He had bullet holes in his leg and his head.

The man was attracted to young black female prostitutes and had taken the woman out to dinner and to his house on several occasions, investigators said.

Authorities said that on March 16, 2008, the woman lured the man to her apartment, where her two co-conspirators were waiting to rob him.

They beat him up, bound and gagged him and left him in a closet, bleeding heavily, the woman told Las Vegas police.

She then went to the client’s east Las Vegas house and took a handgun from his safe. He had given her the safe combination, police said.

The crew carried the client to his Escalade and drove to Southern Highlands. Once there, the pimp shot the client multiple times, police said.

Read more about this tale at The Morning Journal…

Burglars strike home while owner out with prostitute
By Scot Allyn

A 78-year-old man’s home was burglarized Friday night while he cavorted with a prostitute, according to an Elyria Police report.

Police were sent to the home at 7:11 p.m. Friday in regard to a burglary in progress. At the home, police saw a man standing behind the back door, according to the report. Another man was standing on the back porch and a third man was found in a parked car nearby, waiting to drive the alleged thieves away, the report said.

After a foot chase, the men were arrested. Several items looted from the home, including jewelry, watches, coins and 10 guns, were recovered and returned to the victim.

The 78-year-old man returned home while officers were arresting the thieves, and explained a prostitute known as Kelly had performed a sexual act on him at his home earlier, the report said. Afterward she asked him to drive her to Lorain County Community College because her mother worked there, according to the report.

When the men were arrested, one of them volunteered he “had broken into the house because the girl, Kelly, had known the old man and arranged the whole thing,” the report said.

It’s dangerous out there, ladies. Read more at NewsOK…

Oklahoma City police accuse father, son of tying up and beating prostitute
By Michael Kimball

Police arrested an Oklahoma City man and his son last week after an officer said he walked into the father’s bedroom and found the son trying to smother a bloodied and partially tied-up prostitute.

The two men remained at the Oklahoma County jail today in lieu of $55,000 bail, a jail spokeswoman said. Police arrested them Thursday at their apartment on complaints of kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon.

The victim, who police identified only as a woman born in 1972, said she met two men the previous morning when they offered her a ride and a beer, according to a police report released today. She told police the elder man offered her $25 for a “date,” but she told them she would only do it for $60 or $80 and left when they started calling her names.

The victim said the younger man saw her the next day, and she again agreed to go with him in his car when he offered her beer, the report states. She told officers she was attacked when she got to the apartment.

Read more at lep.co.uk…

‘Prostitute man’ was followed and robbed

Detectives are probing a suspected robbery “set up” after a gang attacked a man on his driveway after watching a prostitute get into his car.

It is thought the group of robbers was watching or using prostitutes to proposition men who members then followed and tried to extort money from.

Investigating officers believe more men could have been targeted by the same group, but have not reported incidents because of how it may look to their families.

The man did not use the sex worker and asked her to get out of his car, but was then followed home and attacked by a group of robbers who were believed to have been watching the woman.

Read the whole story at Eastday…

Bloody man found next to dead prostitute

A 21-year-old suspect has been arrested after being found in bed and covered in blood next to a prostitute he allegedly stabbed dead in Minhang District, prosecutors said yesterday.

A former restaurant worker who became depressed after gambling away his life savings of 30,000 yuan (US$4,392), prosecutors said.

He confessed that he had killed the prostitute with a fruit knife on August 17. “I wanted to commit suicide but didn’t want to be lonely, so found someone to die with me,” he told prosecutors.

With the last of his money, he bought a knife in a supermarket and had a last supper in a small restaurant in Qibao area, prosecutors said.

He went into an unnamed salon about 10pm and chose a young prostitute at random.

“I didn’t intend to have sex with her. I just wanted to die with her,” he said.

A glimpse into the life of a prostitute. They bear the risk of dangers of the business, too. Read more at The Sunday Sun…

Prostitution was just a nightmare
by Mieka Smiles

AFTER a WPC was jailed for leading a double life as a £100-an-hour call girl, one former sex worker lifts the lid about her time on the streets. MIEKA SMILES reports.

I WAS just 19 and was still living at home.

My parents didn’t know I was a prostitute; of course they had heard things but I always denied it.

I always worked for myself, with a friend. Sometimes we would get 20 calls a night and visit up to 10 men between us.

I got into it through a friend whose mother had girls working for her. She knew a lot of people. If she got me someone then I would give her a cut of what I earned.

Clients would ring me on my mobile and I would go to their homes. Then they would give my number to their colleagues and their friends – it just used to get passed around.

A friend gave me heroin when I was 18. I didn’t know what it was until it was too late, until I had a habit. I needed it every day after that.

The reason I got into prostitution was through heroin.

I needed the money as I was on around an eighth a day which costs around £140.

I didn’t want to shoplift or burgle houses. With prostitution the only person that you’re hurting is yourself and no one else. The only victim is you.

I can still remember the first time. It was horrible. I ran out and left the money. It got easier after that. In fact it got to the point when I didn’t even think about it; it was just another job.

I have been in some awful situations; we have been locked in, attacked and had our money stolen from us by clients.

Read this interesting report at The Orlando Sentinel…

What I saw: Over and over, men take bait in Orlando prostitution sting
by Bianca Prieto

It’s about 4 p.m. Thursday and the afternoon traffic is starting to pick up on South Orange Blossom Trail. I’m sitting in the back of an undercover car, watching and waiting to see the first prostitution bust of the night.

It’s the second day I’ve been with the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation undercover vice unit, and I’m anxious about the things I’ll see and learn this time.

I watch as an undercover Orange County deputy, dressed as a prostitute named “Tiffany,” struts along the Trail in a tight animal-print shirt, short shorts and knee-high boots.

Before she goes out, the deputy tells me she isn’t nervous about walking the street.

“I’ve done this before,” she says confidently and hops out of the unmarked vehicle where I’m sitting with two other undercover officers monitoring the situation.

“Hey, baby!” she yells to the men who drive along and honk and wave to her. I wonder to myself how long it will be until someone stops and tries to pick her up.

A few minutes later, I see and hear something I’ve never experienced: I had a front-row seat to watch a john picking up a hooker.

A man in a Chevrolet Trailblazer circles the parking lot where the sting operation is set up. Finally, the “prostitute” walks over to him to get the conversation started. Turns out that the man wants some quick sex, and he’s willing to pay $40 for it.

“Take down! Take down! Take down!” a sergeant says into a police walkie-talkie, indicating that it’s time for deputies in marked cars to move in and make the arrest.

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One after another, the men are arrested — some on bicycles and others in fancy luxury cars. They all have one thing in common: They will pay strangers for sex acts.

The scene repeats itself, until officers have arrested a half-dozen men.